Ok, so this week, a charity shop coughed up four pairs of rather nice corduroy trousers in different, perfectly acceptable colours. They fit very nicely except for the length, which rendered them totally fashionably unacceptable. Good thing I’d been looking for a pair of trousers to make into breeches! And the universe gave me four! …
Congratulations to Nicola and Rob on their wedding, and thanks for commissioning a cake! Here are a few shots, including rare documentation of the awkward, not very sophisticated stages. Sarah May ably assisted me in rolling all the little elongated teardrop shapes to be made into curls. And then was kind enough to amuse herself …
It kind of all started a few years ago, when I was making Catie’s wedding dress with her and Daisy was making the groom’s tweed suit. I was impressed. I mean, a tweed suit… you know you’ve arrived when you can make a tweed suit, right? I expected it to be, you know, fine, but …
While I’m not finding a lot of time to make sewing-crafty stuff, it’s because I’m building a shower. Here’s the frame for the curved bench seat, because I think it’s a basic human right to be able to sit down in the shower. It’s better than falling over while washing your toes. What happened next …
Time for a cake interlude. I can’t actually remember who I made this cake for or why. I mean obviously I made it because I love making crazy cakes. But I often have other reasons, like birthdays and weddings. I haven’t made one of these in ages because of the lack of kitchen. I am …
This sweater I just finished would have earned me my knitting black belt if I hadn’t been aiming for it to fit me (chest measurement 42″) and accidentally made it fit my partner (chest 34″) but at least I get to look at it forever! It took me many months, lost count, but I’m feeling …
Royal Exchange Costume Hire Dept has a million awesome costumes in sizes typical of actresses, since that’s who the costumes were made for. Actresses are more often of petite, slender stature than the rest of us, so one of my great joys is to make historical dresses to fit people who like their pie. Like …
Here’s a fun dress I made (modeled by the lovely Luda at Royal Exchange) Man, I love working there. So many lovely fabrics, I can create and design and add lace to the lace on the lace if I want to and then I don’t even have to find room in a closet for the …
In my (voluntary) job at Royal Exchange Theatre’s costume hire department, I get to play with the most wonderful fabrics that I could never afford otherwise. They had this jacket, only the main fabric had been silk and had perished with the kind of punishing use we put it to. So I was given it …
